Finca Capeliños - Mencia&co. (20)

90% Mencía en 10% 'tutti frutti' (Brancellao, Caíño, Sousón, Merenzao e.a.) | single vineyard 'Capeliños' van 0,6ha. | aan de voet van de heuvel in Amandi | terroir van graniet en leisteen | 100+ jaar oude stokken | 50% whole bunch | vergisting in gebruikt Frans eiken | rijping in gebruikt Frans eiken van 500 liter | aromatisch | expressief | intens | floraal | wilde kruiden | viooltjes | rozen | kers | rijp fruit | structuur | een wijn met ruggengraat | stenig | lengte | fijne zuren | stoere tannine | 1000 flessen

Capeliños is meedere malen verkozen als beste rode wijn uit Galicië. Van de single vineyards van Guímaro (Meixeman, A Ponte, Pombeiras) is dit de meest speciale cru.  

Guímaro

Na twintig jaar hard werken heeft Pedro een prachtig domein gecreëerd dat klaar is voor de toekomst. Het bezoek aan de wijngaarden is indrukwekkend! Wat een helden werk wordt hier verricht om het mogelijk te maken deze unieke wijnen te bottelen! Zo steil en dus alles met hand! Er is geen enkele twijfel over de succesvolle toekomst van Guímaro, mede doordat Gutiérrez van Parker al meerdere malen de Finca Capeliños als beste wijn van Galicië heeft uitgeroepen! All time favourite!

Review

The 2020 Finca Capeliños comes from a warm year, but the grapes have been harvested earlier in recent years to achieve moderate alcohol and macerations have been shortened to get wines that are more elegant and harmonious. The 2020s are quite open and expressive, and the Capeliños displays impressive notes of violet pastille and a faintly Mediterranean note of aromatic herbs. This is 14% alcohol (only 0.5% more than the 2019). The tannins are very fine but quite abundant. 1,000 bottles were filled in February 2022.

Pedro "Guímaro" thinks 2019 could be one of the finest vintages of recent times, with textbook conditions and a perfect (and long) cycle for the grape. 2020 was a warmer vintage than 2019, but the profile of the wines is still quite fresh although with a little more alcohol. It was a low-yielding year—25% or 30% less than normal—which, combined with one week of very warm weather, increased the ripeness and concentration. 2021 can be considered a classic vintage in the style of yesteryear, with a very fresh wine profile. It was a very challenging year in the vineyards, with lots of rain and cold weather, a little in the style of 2013. Yields were generous. They are experimenting with granite eggs and also testing fortified wines with the great help of Niepoort, with whom they also produce a dry red, Ladredo. In 2020 there will be two new wines, one Miño and one Sil, and the 2018 and 2019 from the granite eggs, but the wines were not ready when I tasted. 96/100 Luis Gutiérrez